title: Critical care rehabilitation trials: the importance of 'usual care'.
abstract: Denehy and colleagues conducted a novel randomized controlled trial evaluating a rehabilitation intervention starting in the ICU and continuing through the outpatient setting, with 1 year longitudinal follow-up. While the intervention did not demonstrate improved patient outcomes, this study illustrates important issues regarding 'usual care' control groups in clinical trials.
authors.forename: Ann
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Parker
authors.forename: Kian M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Tehranchi
authors.forename: Dale M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Needham
mesh_terms: D016638:Critical Illness / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D005081:Exercise Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007362:Intensive Care Units; D008297:Male; D011788:Quality of Life; D020127:Recovery of Function / Q000502:physiology*